Two Phuket tour buses in fender-bender

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Two Phuket tour buses in fender-bender
Prapaporn Jitmaneeyaphan


Close call: The two buses after the shunt.

PHUKET: -- One tour bus banged into the back of another at about 6:30 yesterday evening (November 20) about a kilometre north of the top end of the bypass road, after the driver of the leading bus slammed on the brakes to avoid piling into two cars that had been involved in an accident moments before.

Suwat Huameun, 31, the driver of the second bus, owned by Vision Transport Co, told The Phuket News, “The two cars were chasing each other, and finally one rammed the other from behind.

“They stopped and both drivers got out of their cars. The driver of the car in front was a foreigner, and the one who hit him was Thai.

“They both drove away after they saw that they had caused a problem.”

Somboon Baannob, 35, the driver of the first bus, contracted to tour company Pegas, told The Phuket News, “I was driving behind them, so I hit the brakes hard, which caused the other bus to bump into me from behind.”

Neither bus was carrying passengers at the time, and no one was hurt, but the crash caused traffic to pile up for a while.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/two-phuket-tour-buses-in-fender-bender-42940.php


-- Phuket News 2013-11-21

[LivinginKata]

Caused a terrible traffic jam. Took my wife a loooong time to drive back from the airport. I had a good laugh when she told me it was a Pegus bus crashed into another Pegus bus.

[stevenl]

“They both drove away after they saw that they had caused a problem.”

Uhm, no, it was you that caused the problem by bumping into your collegue.

[JoeThePoster]

They stopped and both drivers got out of their cars. The driver of the car in front was a foreigner, and the one who hit him was Thai.

Video or it didn't happen.

[laurentbkk]

well next time they will respect a secutiry distance between their buses .... they probably drove very close to each other.

[whybother]

I have seen 4 buses in a row like that. They all travel too close to each other.

[Emdog]

Even if there was an accident ahead, it was not the car drivers fault. Bus drivers too close to each other, not driving at a reasonable speed, their fault I would assume. maybe think they are "drafting" like in stock car racing?

[bangarang]

Even if there was an accident ahead, it was not the car drivers fault. Bus drivers too close to each other, not driving at a reasonable speed, their fault I would assume. maybe think they are "drafting" like in stock car racing?

Drafting? You mean Drifting? I could go for a draft beer right about now. But this is no shock to me seeing the name Pegus involved

[Benmart]

Caused a terrible traffic jam. Took my wife a loooong time to drive back from the airport. I had a good laugh when she told me it was a Pegus bus crashed into another Pegus bus.

Compassion with others misfortune is often a good alternative to laughter. Glad no one was injured.

[Benmart]

Even if there was an accident ahead, it was not the car drivers fault. Bus drivers too close to each other, not driving at a reasonable speed, their fault I would assume. maybe think they are "drafting" like in stock car racing?

Drafting? You mean Drifting? I could go for a draft beer right about now. But this is no shock to me seeing the name Pegus involved

I got his drift after reading his post. Now go have that draft so you don't go daft after a day without one.

[LivinginKata]

Even if there was an accident ahead, it was not the car drivers fault. Bus drivers too close to each other, not driving at a reasonable speed, their fault I would assume. maybe think they are "drafting" like in stock car racing?

Drafting? You mean Drifting? I could go for a draft beer right about now. But this is no shock to me seeing the name Pegus involved

I think it's called drafting, as using the vehicle in front to cut through the air and leave a draft behind. Drifting is a side slide.

[Ulic]

The only part of the story I hear is " It wasn't my fault"

[KarenBravo]

Anybody else here think that the real story is the Thai car driver deliberately ramming the car that was driven by the foreigner?

[IrishIvan]

There is a shop opposite the entrance to Villa 5 where I regularly see Pegus minivans being repaired. I will try to get a photo next time. The record stands at 3

[Loles]

YE, YE, YE. Following distance ??? Dumb and Dumber, and they pushes the break hardly Really, many tiems I have to recognize, if the monkey would get license to drive wouldn't be worse than these idiots. And off course start to fight immediately. Go back to trees.

Edited November 21, 2013 by Loles

[MMarlow]

Anybody else here think that the real story is the Thai car driver deliberately ramming the car that was driven by the foreigner?

No, only you.